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April 16, 2008 News and Trends

Top P2P Applications: 1.6 Million PCs Rank Them

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:24:11 PDT
Big Champagne, PC Pitstop and Digital Music News joined forces to analyze 1,661,688 PCs to track 152 unique P2P clients quarterly from September 2006 to September 2007. The result is a definitive list of the most popular P2P software in use.

Drawing On What's Behind The News (CBS News)

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:03:49 PDT
Part Freakonomics, part Schoolhouse Rock: Josh Landis and Mitch Butler deliver animated answers to real questions inside the news.

Real People Don't Have Time for Social Media

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:39:51 PDT
Let's be honest here: we're all a bunch of social media addicts. We're junkies. Whether it's a new Twitter app, a new Facebook feature, or a new social anything service, we're all over it. But we may not be the norm. The truth is, being involved in social media takes time, something that most people don't have a lot of. So how can regular folk get involved with social media? And how much time does it really take? The Time It Takes To Be Involved It was this post on a blog called Museum 2.0 th

Sports Blogger

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:39:09 PDT
Eat Sports is a daily sports blog offering news, highlights, videos and pictures from around the major sport leagues.

Khayyam pained by remix trends - Hindu


Khayyam pained by remix trends
Hindu, India - 12 hours ago
Mumbai (PTI): Legendary music composer Khayyam has expressed anguish on the trend of remixes in present day films and television. "Where have all the morals ...


America and Obama's Bitterness

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:47:34 PDT
Magazines, online news and all kinds of places are running polls to find out how "bitter" Americans are. The furor began when Barack Hussein Obama said that Pennsylvanians, well small town people, were bitter and tended to lean on religion , guns and bigotry to get through.

Is the news on Dendreon's Neuvenge new? - Seattle Post Intelligencer


Is the news on Dendreon's Neuvenge new?
Seattle Post Intelligencer - 15 minutes ago
On Monday, a Bloomberg News story declared that, "Dendreon Corp.'s method for stimulating the immune system against prostate tumors may also help people ...


Iraqi Forces Cracking Down on Illegal Militias

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:39:57 PDT
The word you do not get on the nightly news is the the Iraqi Army is now effectively engaging the illegal militias in the heart of their own territory, Sadr City. The New York Times wrote that the Iraqi Army supported by US assetts effectively split Sadr City in two.

Nationwide Layoff Watch: LexisNexis

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:12:04 PDT
Nearly 300 Lexis Nexis employees will soon be looking for work.... The layoffs, announced at a companywide meeting in Lexis’ Dayton headquarters on Monday] afternoon, are bad news for Lexis’ Ohio staff, particularly those in data collection, conversion, editing, and business systems.

Indy to benefit from Oklahoma anti-gay sentiments?

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:36:45 PDT
The next time I tell the right wingers that Indiana's lack of gay rights (and outright hostility towards the gay community by some legislators) are driving away economic development maybe they'll listen. Perhaps benefitting from a homophobic rant by an Oklahoma legislator will get them to look past their prejudices to their pocketbooks. Once they realize it can affect their money, you see, I'll finally get my rights. Tom Maloney, vice president of California-based Staubach Co., would neither

Flying Logo=Flogo

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:38:31 PDT
Flying Logo=Flogo April 16th, 2008 SnowMasters, a company known for producing fake snow has created a new product. They have produced a substance that looks and floats like a cloud. What is more impressive, is what they are doing with their new product. They are molding this new substance into recognizable logos. “Flogo” was coined using “flying” and “logo.” Flogo is a combination of helium and oxygen which can range in size from 24 to 48 inches. The Flogos can fly as high as 20,000 feet b

Breaking news: Wii Fit and GTA IV can co-exist!

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:52:12 PDT
God I'm in the wrong business. I should have been a Game Industry Analyst like Jesse Divnich. Yet another high paid analyst who earns his money blurting out the stuff that everybody already knows.


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2:03 PM

Biggest Loser Winner - Ali Vincent

TransWorldNews (press release), USA- Apr 16, 2008
 
For the first time in the history of Biggest Loser, a woman took home the winning title. Ali Vincent lost a total of 112 pounds and won the $250,000 grand prize.

Allison �Ali� Vincent weighed 234 lbs. when she first went on the show. The 32-year-old hairstylist lost 47.86 percent of her total body weight, leaving her at 122 lbs.

 

�I�m overwhelmed. I knew I could do it and I did,� she told People magazine.

 

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11:47 AM

April 16, 2008 Breaking News

CBC Newsworld : Passionate Eye Monday : Documentary

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:53:25 PDT
The story that showed on news world tonight.This is just another example of the futility and expense in money and lives that is the drug war.

If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them! Comcast Pro P2P

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:34:30 PDT
Just weeks after Comcast announced the collaboration with BitTorrent, when they promised to reconfigure their network management practices to adjust to today’s trends, it’s Pando Networks’ turn to shake hands with Comcast for a “P2P ..

Public Betting: Nationals at Mets Spread, Odds, Trends & Matchups - The Spread


Washington Post

Public Betting: Nationals at Mets Spread, Odds, Trends & Matchups
The Spread, MI - 1 hour ago
The Washington Nationals have long had trouble keeping David Wright off the basepaths. This week, pitchers have had trouble keeping him in the park. ...
Public Betting: Phillies at Mets Spread, Odds, Trends & Matchups The Spread
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Blind Author gives away free E-Books - The Visual Executive

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:19:36 PDT
"After going blind I realized how visually dependent our world is becoming. It is a frightening trend! Therefore I freely share my free e-books on personal and organizational transformation to illustrate the dangers, challenges and solutions to this visual phenomenon."

Counting the bots

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:17:45 PDT
As I was recently asked about botnet figures, I revisited our collections to establish some trends in this area. In 2004 and 2005, bots were placed in a separate group of their own, separate from viruses and Trojans. Their names often ended with « bot » (W32/Sdbot, W32/Spybot, W32/Gaobot…). Based on the number of separate variants we had in our collections (the zoos) at the time, statistics showed a constant increase. We have noted since then that a lot of malware has a remote-control featu

Despite Positive Substance Use Trends, Tobacco And Alcohol Still Have High Costs To Society (Medical News Today)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:14:29 PDT
While this CAMH Monitor eReport reveals some promising substance use trends among Ontario adults, its revelation of a substantial increase in cannabis use raises a significant public health flag.First the more positive news. Past year smoking rates are the lowest on record, significantly declining from 28 percent in 1996 to 20 percent in 2005.

CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:17:24 PDT
CBC’s expert “news” source, Huffington Post: participants wish Dick Cheney dead From what seems to be the source of sources for the far-left’s state-owned CBC Newsworld and their crack squad of news producers and anchors (see below), we get a taste of the left’s brain trust. This is how liberals at Huffington Post think when Vice President Dick Cheney visits Iraq, as he is now doing. (Blog entry about it from Little Green Footballs today) Huffington Post Forgets to Turn Off Cheney Comme

ePortfolios a hot topic on campus

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:48:11 PDT
Colleges and Universities are building momentum behind the creation of ePortfolios using Web 2.0 technologies. Trent Batson notes the trend and highlights key points from a recent ePortfolio conference at Eastern Connecticut University, sponsored by NERCOMP.


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9:18 AM

Tricia Walsh Smith Vents Youtube Divorce

HULIQ (press release), USA
 

Tricia Walsh Smith Vents Youtube Divorce

 
Not only is Youtube (Web Video) good for sharing Music Videos and TV Broadcasts segments, but apparently its a great tool to use when trashing soon-to-be estranged spouses as Tricia Walsh Smith invents new style of divorce: Youtube Divorce.

Former actress and playwright ("Bonkers") Tricia Walsh-Smith, vented ALL of her frustrations out against her husband, Philip Smith, President of the Shubert Organization, the largest theater owner on Broadway, on Youtube.

Famous Divorce Raoul Felder who represents Tricia Walsh Smith says, "The situation is funny but Divorce isn't". "This is a victim who is holding her head up. I think she comes off well."

On the taping of this already famous YouTube Divorce video Smith bashes family members who gave her hell and tells the world how her husband, is allegedly trying to evict her from their luxury apartment.

Tricia Walsh Smith also makes embarrassing claims regarding their intimate life, and then calls his office on camera to repeat those claims to a stunned assistant in the divorce video put on YouTube.

Norman Sheresky, a Partner in the Matrimonial Law firm Sheresky Aronson Mayesfsky & Sloan says, "I don't think it's the kind of thing people should be doing, and it's the kind of thing judges frown upon".

"This is absolutely a new step, and I think it's scary," said Bonnie Rabin, a divorce lawyer who has handled high-profile cases. "People used to worry about getting on Page Six (the gossip page of the New York Post). But this? It brings the concept of humiliation to a whole new level."

To date Tricia Walsh Smith's YouTube Video (below) has been seen by more than 150,000 viewers.

Source: By VoteMeCool 2008

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8:37 AM

April 16, 2008 News and Trends

Seahorses Return to Thames River - Good News Network

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:08:22 PDT
Seahorses were once extinct in the Thames, or nearly so. Now they've come back and they may even be thriving (along with 100 or so more species of pisceans). More here, plus a nice video...

CBC Newsworld shuts Calgary operations - Times Colonist


CBC Newsworld shuts Calgary operations
Times Colonist, Canada - Apr 5, 2008
CALGARY -- CBC News is shutting down its Newsworld operations in Calgary, slashing 32 jobs in the process while opening up a slew of new positions for local ...


Friendly Fascism - Part One

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 03:43:07 PDT
With the closing of the trap that is the new American fascism fully aided and abetted by the nonsensical squabbling of the corporatist Democratic party during their USA Pandering to the Masses of Asses 07-08 Tour it is important to understand how we got to this point. It is a given that America has now gone fascist but not classical Mussolini/Hitler fascism (at least not yet) it is a more subtle brand. Bertram Gross wrote a book in 1980 during the rise of Reagan, our great national icon who wou

The Shell Corrib Gas Project Controversy

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:08:58 PDT
By John Donovan We draw attention to the following selection of comments received in relation to the recent article: Email from Ireland concerning Shell Corrib Gas Project FOR THE CORRIB PROJECT From Goblok Most of this letter is bollocks … there are plenty of gas plants sprinkled across Europe with minimal Environmental foot print … If you want County Mayo to remain backward then go for it but rest assured this person is in the minority of the minority and a NIMBY and BANANA rolled int

How to determine the most popular words on Facebook Walls

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:29:36 PDT
Facebook has just released a new trend mapping tool that lets you compare words or phrases that are popular on Facebook Walls.

Trend Hunter Magazine

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 05:00:26 PDT
TrendHunter.com is the world's largest community dedicated to trend spotting & cool hunting. The community was launched in 2005 by Jeremy Gutsche, an innovation expert who wanted to build a community for new business ideas and creativity. Fun Facts: - Over 2.7 million views / month - 40,000+ online and print references to Trend Hunter - 17202 posted trends - 35+ trends / day - 12 niche magazines - 20,000+ Facebook App Installs - 1,500+ Toolbar Installs - 25 Financial Times ci

Spritz This, Procter & Gamble!

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:00:12 PDT
OK. The Home Made Stupid Squad (a moniker aptly used by my friend Jesse) strikes again! I seem to have struck a chord with this post, in more ways than one: not only did I get quite a few encouraging comments, but someone or a few someones at Procter & Gamble suddenly started reading this blog! Welcome! So, again today I tuned into Newsworld for my fix of news, and lo and behold, there was Madame Woodburn once more, this time tut-tutting in her posh accent about how having a "beautiful fra

Aiptek PocketDV AHD300: a HD Camcorder for Everyone

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:13:50 PDT
Until only recently, digital camcorders that could record videos in a HD resolution were considered an unaffordable luxury good. Though now with HD televisions slowly overrunning the standard models, HD is also becoming the norm for home video. The newest piece of evidence for this trend is the new PocketDV AHD300 camcorder from Aiptek.

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